Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Duke Blue Devils

No. 3 Notre Dame women beat Duke 68-61

Cable scored 18 points and Notre Dame beat Duke 68-61 on Monday night for its 14th straight win.

"I think she's a little bit of an unsung hero because she deflects the praise constantly," coach Muffet McGraw said. "She hits big shot after big shot in the game. ... She definitely does not get the attention she deserves."

She certainly wasn't unsung by Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie, who plainly said Cable "won the game for them."

Freshman Arike Ogunbowale added 16 points and Brianna Turner had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (21-1, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their 25th straight game decided either by single digits or in overtime. Each of their previous four ACC road games was decided by at least 10 points.

Notre Dame blew a 13-point lead and trailed by five with under 6 minutes to play before reeling off 13 consecutive points while holding Duke scoreless for 6 1/2 minutes.

McGraw called it "great confidence for our team to know that we can come in, not play particularly well ... and come out with the win."

Rebecca Greenwell had 16 points to lead Duke (16-7, 5-4). Her twisting, left-handed layup with 7 minutes left put the Blue Devils up 55-50. But they followed that with 10 empty possessions while Notre Dame took over.

Cable hit the Irish's biggest shot in that stretch, a 3-pointer from the right wing with just under 4 minutes left that put Notre Dame ahead to stay. She added a steal and layup a minute later to make it 61-55.

Freshman Kyra Lambert ended Duke's drought with a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left, and she pulled the Blue Devils to 65-61 with a three-point play with 27 seconds to play. Turner and Michaela Mabrey then sealed it by going a combined 3 of 6 on free throws after that.

Lindsay Allen had 10 points for the Fighting Irish, who average a Division I-best 42.6 percent shooting from 3-point range but were just 6 of 19.

IRISH STREAK

POLL POSITIONS

TIP-INS

Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish improved to 18-1 in North Carolina, including a 10-1 mark in true road games in the state. The only loss came at Duke in 1997.

Duke: The Blue Devils fell to 0-4 against ranked teams this season. This was their first matchup with an ACC team in the Top 25.

UP NEXT

Notre Dame hosts N.C. State on Thursday night.

Duke hosts Virginia on Thursday night.

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